British Broadside Ballads in Popular Tradition

American singer and folklorist Paul Clayton (1931–1967) became interested in ballads by hearing his grandparents and other relatives sing them. In college he went on folk song collecting expeditions, traveling throughout the United States as well as Great Britain and Western Europe, where he learned songs from field recordings and directly from singers. His additional research into BBC recordings and the collection of British broadsides at the Newberry Library in Chicago resulted in this album. Sung with guitar accompaniment, the recording contains 19 ballads which Clayton believed were representative of the vast amount of broadside material still found in oral tradition in 1957.

Liner notes include broadside lyrics alongside the traditional texts, to show the changes that have occured.

Track Listing

Audio Player 101	When Cockle Shells Make Silver Bells	Paul Clayton	03:12
Audio Player 102	Pleasant and Delightful	Paul Clayton	03:03
Audio Player 103	Three Maidens to Milking Did Go	Paul Clayton	01:44
Audio Player 104	The Bonny Bunch of Roses	Paul Clayton	03:23
Audio Player 105	The Bold Thrasher	Paul Clayton	01:44
Audio Player 106	My Grandmother	Paul Clayton	01:41
Audio Player 107	The Lost Lady Found	Paul Clayton	03:05
Audio Player 108	When Pat Came over the Hill	Paul Clayton	02:55
Audio Player 109	The Dark-Eyed Sailor	Paul Clayton	03:15
Audio Player 201	Jim, the Carter's Lad	Paul Clayton	03:15
Audio Player 202	Geordie (Georgie)	Paul Clayton	01:24
Audio Player 203	The Oyster Girl	Paul Clayton	02:37
Audio Player 204	The Bold Fisherman	Paul Clayton	02:02
Audio Player 205	Brian O'Lynn	Paul Clayton	02:46
Audio Player 206	The Sweet Primroses	Paul Clayton	02:41
Audio Player 207	Green Room	Paul Clayton	03:07
Audio Player 208	Herchard of Taunton Dene	Paul Clayton	01:48
Audio Player 209	The False-Hearted Knight	Paul Clayton	03:42
Audio Player 210	The Indian Lass	Paul Clayton	01:53